Comments on: The next phase of the Apple Samsung case: straw polls and sandwiches http://gigaom.com/2012/08/21/the-next-phase-of-the-apple-samsung-case-straw-polls-and-sandwiches/ Sun, 26 May 2013 05:11:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jeff John Roberts http://gigaom.com/2012/08/21/the-next-phase-of-the-apple-samsung-case-straw-polls-and-sandwiches/#comment-924989 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:06:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=555238#comment-924989 Hi Teij, both sides are asking for money. If the jury finds a patent has been infringed, the companies can ask the court for an injunction — an order banning them from making or selling or the phones. It is harder to get an injunction for patent infringement than in the past. If a court grants one, it would likely not go into effect right away — giving the infringer time to develop a work around (if it is one related to the software on the phone). If it is one of the design patents infringed, Samsung would indeed have to redesign the phone. But most of the products that are accused of infringing the design patents are older models, so an injunction would not be that critical.

]]> By: Teij http://gigaom.com/2012/08/21/the-next-phase-of-the-apple-samsung-case-straw-polls-and-sandwiches/#comment-924854 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:01:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=555238#comment-924854 I’ve been following this since day 1, but I can’t help but wonder, what is Apple asking for, and what is Samsung asking for? Will Samsung have to redesign their phones? Can they continue to sell the current line of products? How much notice would they get? I’d very much appreciate an answer from someone who is a bit more updated.

Thanks,
Teij

]]> By: Jeff John Roberts http://gigaom.com/2012/08/21/the-next-phase-of-the-apple-samsung-case-straw-polls-and-sandwiches/#comment-924276 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:06:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=555238#comment-924276 Thanks for the comment Jason. The sentence was based on the jury form on which the Droid Charge and various Galaxy products are listed under “accused Samsung product.” You can see the whole list here:
http://www.groklaw.net/pdf3/ApplevSamsung-1870.pdf

But you’re right, Droid is a product line associated with Motorola not Samsung. I’ve changed the original sentence to read “Samsung-related ‘products.

]]> By: Jason C http://gigaom.com/2012/08/21/the-next-phase-of-the-apple-samsung-case-straw-polls-and-sandwiches/#comment-924014 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:08:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=555238#comment-924014 “Samsung products like the Droid phone and Galaxy tablets”

Come on, man!

“Droid” is a product line by Motorola sold by Verizon.
“Android” is a mobile operating system.
“Galaxy” is the series name for all of Samsung’s mobile products (not just tablets).

#fragmentation

]]> By: Jeff John Roberts http://gigaom.com/2012/08/21/the-next-phase-of-the-apple-samsung-case-straw-polls-and-sandwiches/#comment-923900 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:41:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=555238#comment-923900 Well, Apple could appeal — but it would also convey a message to the tech sector as whole that the public is becoming impatient with such lawsuits and that is increasingly untenable to pursue them.

]]> By: Tim http://gigaom.com/2012/08/21/the-next-phase-of-the-apple-samsung-case-straw-polls-and-sandwiches/#comment-923784 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:15:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=555238#comment-923784 What would happen if the jury was just like “screw this….no more crap patent lawsuits” and just said Samsung was not guilty on all counts?

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